The National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) Family Support Network initiative has the potential for reducing lives lost and serious injuries by assisting recreational vessel accident victims and survivors to organize and become a powerful voluntary boating safety coalition or network, able to raise awareness of the negative consequences boat accidents have and, consequently, create a boating safety awareness culture. The stories they have to tell are compelling; the awareness of safe boating practices from their perspective is much different after an accident. Unfortunately, there are many more created every day. There is not a better messenger, who will stay on message, than an injured victim or family member who has lost a loved one. The NSBC hosted the first organizational meeting to streamline the NASBLA (with their total support) pre-existing Family Support Network and its Discussion Page, allowing the NSBC to use its national recognition and established position in the boating safety community to facilitate a central point of contact for those who are left behind or have survived boating accidents. The discussion, attended by 23 people including 6 victims, resulted in a consensus to organize the efforts of numerous foundations into a centralized network. The single most important part of the NSBC program would be to maintain a portal to respond timely to people, including Emergency Responders, looking for information, as well as provide an opportunity for offering guidance and involvement in education and awareness, listening to the new victim/survivor, and then formulating a plan based on the elements of the tragedy that would specifically address the circumstance.